Cortez The Killer Lyrics

Cortez The Killer lyrics

He came dancing across the water
       With his galleons and guns
       Looking for the new world
       In that palace in the sun.

       On the shore lay Montezuma
       With his coca leaves and pearls
       In his halls he often wondered
       With the secrets of the worlds.

       And his subjects gathered 'round him
       Like the leaves around a tree
       In their clothes of many colors
       For the angry gods to see.

       And the women all were beautiful
       And the men stood straight and strong
       They offered life in sacrifice
       So that others could go on.

       Hate was just a legend
       And war was never known
       The people worked together
       And they lifted many stones.

       They carried them to the flatlands
       And they died along the way
       But they built up with their bare hands
       What we still can't do today.

       And I know she's living there
       And she loves me to this day
       I still can't remember when
       Or how I lost my way.

       He came dancing across the water
       Cortez, Cortez
       What a killer.